2B Bruce Springer #3
Newark Aces (DET) UL
Age: 27 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
10/04/1962
BNN Index | UL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
2B BRUCE SPRINGER #3 - AGE: 27 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
134 507 138 23 3 19 65 32 79 .272 .312 .442 11 1.4
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 2 2 2
Gap 3 3 3
Power 3 2 3
Eye 2 2 2
Avoid K's 2 2 3
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 2 3
Errors: - 4 4
Arm: 1 2 4
Turn DP: - 4 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 4
1st Base: - Center Field: 2
2nd Base: 3 Right Field: 4
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 3
Stealing Aggressiveness: 3
Stealing Ability: 4
Baserunning Inst.: 3
Sacrifice Bunt: 2
Bunt for Hit: 1
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/23/1962 CHA Win, 6-5 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
09/22/1962 CHA Win, 5-1 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
09/20/1962 ROC Loss, 6-13 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 0
09/19/1962 ROC Win, 6-3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
09/18/1962 ROC Loss, 2-6 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
09/17/1962 ROC Win, 4-1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/16/1962 @ RIC Loss, 1-9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/15/1962 @ RIC Loss, 1-4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/14/1962 @ RIC Win, 1-0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
09/13/1962 @ RIC Win, 8-0 4 1 2 3 1 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:07/07/1935
Born in:Brunswick, ME
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$22,000
Signed Through:1962 Season
Major Service:None, 42 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, 87 Days
Pro Service:6 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:1 option year left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1956, 16th Pick in Round 14
UNION LEAGUE 1962 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 134 507 138 23 3 19 65 59 32 79 .272 .312 .442 .754 .331 .170 112
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 129 545 0 2 0 11 2 6 224 45 11 5 68.8 68.0 4.67 1.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   119 38 5 2 6 17 16 7 20 0 1 0 .319 .357 .546 .903
Versus Right   388 100 18 1 13 48 43 25 59 6 1 0 .258 .298 .410 .708
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   19 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 .263 .300 .316 .616
May   99 31 6 0 3 14 14 10 13 0 1 0 .313 .376 .465 .841
June   109 30 6 2 3 15 12 4 17 2 0 0 .275 .296 .450 .745
July   96 20 3 0 3 9 8 4 23 2 0 0 .208 .235 .333 .569
August   106 29 4 1 5 15 13 9 11 2 0 0 .274 .325 .472 .796
September   78 23 3 0 5 11 12 4 11 0 1 0 .295 .329 .526 .855
Last Year   50 12 3 0 0 3 2 1 8 0 0 0 .240 .255 .300 .555
2 Years Ago   50 14 2 0 2 8 6 3 6 0 0 1 .280 .333 .440 .773
Career   629 172 30 3 21 76 68 36 98 6 2 1 .273 .311 .431 .742
Home   244 73 11 0 11 35 30 16 33 5 1 0 .299 .336 .480 .815
Road   263 65 12 3 8 30 29 16 46 1 1 0 .247 .289 .407 .696
Grass   507 138 23 3 19 65 59 32 79 6 2 0 .272 .312 .442 .754
Day   100 22 3 1 3 16 16 10 16 2 0 0 .220 .286 .360 .646
Night   407 116 20 2 16 49 43 22 63 4 2 0 .285 .319 .462 .781
As Starter   501 136 23 3 18 64 57 32 78 6 2 0 .271 .312 .437 .749
As Reliever / Substitution   6 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1958 Detroit - FABL 22 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286 -16 19 -0.2
Total FABL 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286 -16 19 -0.2
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1954 Total - 18 67 293 85 8 1 5 51 64 38 2 1 51 2 1 .290 .374 .375 .750 100 100 0.7
1955 Total - 19 68 288 80 11 1 7 45 63 48 2 0 33 2 2 .278 .385 .396 .780 100 100 1.1
1956 Total - 20 66 314 88 8 1 7 54 69 12 2 0 80 13 5 .280 .311 .379 .690 100 100 -0.3
1956 Biloxi - C 20 22 26 9 4 0 1 1 5 6 0 0 6 2 1 .346 .469 .615 1.084 197 169 0.4
1956 Chattanooga - B 20 38 141 36 4 2 3 16 22 19 1 0 26 3 2 .255 .348 .376 .724 94 92 0.6
1956 Terre Haute - A 20 11 39 13 0 1 1 8 7 5 0 1 5 2 0 .333 .400 .462 .862 133 124 0.4
1957 Chattanooga - B 21 37 128 41 8 1 1 16 16 31 0 0 17 5 2 .320 .453 .422 .875 135 141 1.8
1957 Terre Haute - A 21 100 376 91 10 3 11 48 47 55 3 3 66 6 5 .242 .341 .372 .713 90 89 1.3
1958 Akron - AA 22 104 363 74 8 7 1 27 23 26 7 1 79 13 5 .204 .270 .273 .542 63 58 1.1
1958 Newark - AAA 22 6 22 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 .364 .364 .455 .818 135 137 0.3
1959 Terre Haute - A 23 16 67 14 1 0 3 7 6 8 0 0 11 0 0 .209 .293 .358 .652 75 72 0.2
1959 Akron - AA 23 118 428 91 21 4 5 48 45 53 1 1 81 5 9 .213 .300 .315 .616 84 83 0.8
1960 Terre Haute - A 24 16 62 15 4 0 1 7 8 6 0 1 16 1 0 .242 .304 .355 .659 75 71 0.1
1960 Akron - AA 24 79 297 77 11 5 12 43 36 28 6 2 46 4 4 .259 .333 .451 .785 129 126 1.7
1960 Newark - AAA 24 16 50 14 2 0 2 8 6 3 1 0 6 0 0 .280 .333 .440 .773 118 121 0.4
1961 Akron - AA 25 106 330 84 18 1 8 37 39 34 3 4 65 3 6 .255 .326 .388 .714 103 102 0.9
1961 Newark - AAA 25 14 50 12 3 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 8 0 1 .240 .255 .300 .555 59 44 -0.3
1962 Newark - AAA 26 134 507 138 23 3 19 65 59 32 0 6 79 11 5 .272 .312 .442 .754 108 112 1.4
Total EA 407 1418 326 58 17 26 155 143 141 17 8 271 25 24 .230 .306 .350 .655 93 90
Total HL 143 544 133 15 4 16 70 68 74 3 5 98 9 5 .244 .335 .375 .710 90 88
Total UL 170 629 172 30 3 21 76 68 36 1 6 98 12 6 .273 .311 .431 .742 106 108
Total SEL 75 269 77 12 3 4 32 38 50 1 0 43 8 4 .286 .400 .398 .798 114 116
Total GSL 22 26 9 4 0 1 1 5 6 0 0 6 2 1 .346 .469 .615 1.084 197 169
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1956 Terre Haute - A 2B 2 2 6 5 4 11 0 1.000 17.0 5.82 -0.2 .958
1956 Chattanooga - B 2B 8 5 15 16 8 31 0 1.000 55.0 5.07 -0.1 .968
1956 Biloxi - C 2B 6 0 4 2 1 6 0 1.000 13.1 4.05 -0.0 .973
1956 Terre Haute - A LF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.3 .984
1956 Chattanooga - B LF 2 2 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 16.0 2.81 -0.0 .965
1956 Biloxi - C LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
1956 Terre Haute - A CF 7 7 23 0 0 23 0 1.000 65.1 3.17 +0.6 .984
1956 Chattanooga - B CF 20 18 52 0 0 52 0 1.000 162.1 2.88 -0.9 .955
1956 Biloxi - C CF 10 0 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 18.2 3.38 +0.1 1.119
1956 Terre Haute - A RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
1956 Chattanooga - B RF 11 11 26 0 0 26 0 1.000 90.1 2.59 +0.3 .994
1956 Biloxi - C RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Terre Haute - A 2B 9 7 27 20 8 47 0 1.000 67.1 6.28 -0.6 .901
1957 Chattanooga - B 2B 4 4 10 6 4 18 2 .889 27.0 5.33 -1.2 .646
1957 Terre Haute - A SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Terre Haute - A LF 30 29 63 0 0 64 1 .984 249.0 2.28 +0.6 1.004
1957 Chattanooga - B LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1957 Terre Haute - A CF 53 41 129 2 0 134 3 .978 401.1 2.94 +5.9 1.049
1957 Chattanooga - B CF 37 29 93 1 1 94 0 1.000 286.0 2.96 +3.0 1.033
1957 Terre Haute - A RF 17 17 24 0 0 25 1 .960 131.1 1.64 -0.4 .978
1958 Detroit - MLB 2B 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1.000 3.0 6.00 -0.1 .000
1958 Akron - AA 2B 2 1 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 11.0 3.27 -0.3 .987
1958 Akron - AA LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Detroit - MLB CF 4 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 13.0 2.08 -0.4 .761
1958 Newark - AAA CF 6 6 22 0 0 23 1 .957 52.0 3.81 +1.3 1.093
1958 Akron - AA CF 91 90 220 6 0 231 5 .978 784.2 2.59 +10.4 1.050
1958 Detroit - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Akron - AA RF 8 8 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 69.0 1.96 +0.9 .999
1959 Akron - AA 2B 11 10 34 31 13 68 3 .956 104.2 5.59 -2.9 .878
1959 Terre Haute - A 2B 2 1 3 5 1 8 0 1.000 16.0 4.50 +0.0 1.002
1959 Akron - AA LF 25 25 46 1 1 50 3 .940 214.0 1.98 +1.7 1.085
1959 Terre Haute - A LF 11 11 22 0 0 23 1 .957 95.0 2.08 +0.9 1.083
1959 Akron - AA CF 51 47 139 3 0 144 2 .986 407.0 3.14 +3.1 1.019
1959 Akron - AA RF 30 30 53 0 0 53 0 1.000 257.0 1.86 +0.1 .981
1959 Terre Haute - A RF 4 4 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 32.0 1.69 +0.1 .986
1960 Newark - AAA 2B 3 2 7 5 2 12 0 1.000 15.2 6.89 -0.2 1.026
1960 Akron - AA 2B 28 24 67 60 24 134 7 .948 223.2 5.11 -6.8 .843
1960 Terre Haute - A 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1960 Newark - AAA LF 5 5 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 41.2 1.94 +0.6 1.102
1960 Akron - AA LF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 8.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1960 Terre Haute - A LF 12 12 17 0 0 17 0 1.000 92.1 1.66 +0.2 1.027
1960 Newark - AAA CF 2 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 15.0 3.60 -0.0 1.038
1960 Akron - AA CF 13 11 25 0 0 25 0 1.000 101.2 2.21 +1.0 1.055
1960 Terre Haute - A CF 4 0 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 13.2 2.63 -0.1 .984
1960 Newark - AAA RF 7 4 12 1 0 13 0 1.000 42.0 2.79 +0.8 1.081
1960 Akron - AA RF 38 38 74 3 1 79 2 .975 331.0 2.09 +3.6 1.034
1960 Terre Haute - A RF 4 4 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 35.0 1.80 +0.8 1.131
1961 Newark - AAA 2B 13 13 34 32 7 67 1 .985 113.1 5.24 -0.7 .938
1961 Akron - AA 2B 63 56 141 135 39 285 9 .968 479.2 5.18 -4.8 .932
1961 Akron - AA LF 18 17 25 1 0 26 0 1.000 141.1 1.66 +2.3 1.142
1961 Newark - AAA CF 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .667 8.0 2.25 -0.8 .694
1961 Akron - AA CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1961 Akron - AA RF 17 9 10 0 0 10 0 1.000 91.2 0.98 +0.2 1.095
1962 Newark - AAA 2B 123 120 276 314 76 602 12 .980 1092.1 4.86 -14.6 .913
1962 Newark - AAA LF 4 4 9 0 0 10 1 .900 34.0 2.38 -0.7 .902
1962 Newark - AAA CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1962 Newark - AAA RF 7 5 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 48.1 1.30 +0.2 1.006
TOTAL 2B 277 245 625 636 188 1295 34 .974 2239.1 5.07 -32.4 .911
TOTAL LF 113 107 198 2 1 206 6 .971 904.1 1.99 +5.6 1.046
TOTAL CF 302 253 724 13 1 749 12 .984 2333.1 2.84 +23.3 1.031
TOTAL RF 146 130 234 4 1 241 3 .988 1130.0 1.90 +6.5 1.014
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1953 Was not drafted and joined NW New York State.
06/19/1956 Drafted in the 1956 first-year player draft out of college (NW New York State; Buffalo, NY) by the Detroit Dynamos. (Round 14, Pick 16, 224th overall pick).
07/25/1958 Injured (bruised hand),day-to-day for 3 days.
10/10/1958 Wins the 1958 World Championship Series with the Detroit Dynamos.
04/09/1959 Designated for assignment and placed on waivers by the Detroit Dynamos.
05/04/1959 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
05/24/1959 Injured (intercostal strain),out for 4 days.
06/28/1960 Injured (fractured thumb),out for 4 weeks.
07/19/1961 Injured (back tightness),out for 2 weeks.
09/03/1962 Wins the UL Player of the Week Award.
09/15/1962 Injured (sprained thumb),day-to-day for one week.
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